I.
Step where I step,
he said, quick,
quiet over oak root.
The hushed path rose
to meet him.
By footfall and rifle glint,
rustle of hoof
and pulp of blood,
he led me deep
where the gut-shot buck
had made its briary bed.
Even from the shining
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